Genoa

Frommer's Review

This has long been the best Italian restaurant in Portland, and with fewer than a dozen tables, it's also one of the smallest. Everything, from the breads to the luscious desserts, is made fresh in the kitchen with the best local seasonal ingredients. This is an ideal setting for a romantic dinner, and service is attentive -- the waiter explains dishes in detail as they are served, and dishes are magically whisked away as they're finished. The fixed-price menu changes every 3 weeks, but a typical dinner might start with a little pork-stuffed crepe topped with warm apple-quince sauce and onion marmalade. Follow that with butternut-squash soup, a wild-mushroom pasta, and a pear salad before arriving at the main course, which might be something like medallions of monkfish in a red wine reduction sauce or duck breast with a port wine-and-peppercorn sauce. It takes Herculean restraint to choose among chocolate and nut tortes, fresh berry tarts, or liqueur-infused desserts.

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